On Fri, Jan 03, 2025 at 05:21:13PM +0100, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > > > On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Mohammed Anees wrote: > > > > It would seem Mohammed cared enough to write the patch, but not reply > > > to you with further clarification on why it needed... > > > > I thought I had already replied to the concern, but it seems > > the message didn´t get sent, apologies for that oversight! > > College academics kept me tied up, and I lost track of this, > > apologies once again. > > > > > BUT, in this instance it follows that: if lvm2 is allowing weird names > > > which require escacped characters _and_ dm-init is used then dm-init > > > needs to support handling them (dm-init is all about _not_ using > > > normal initramfs with lvm2 in all its glory). > > > > I completely agree with your point and am more than happy to > > provide further details or make any additional updates to > > the patch if needed, please let me know if anything else if needed. > > Thank you for your time. > > > > Regards > > Mohammed Anees > > Hi > > I don't want to bloat the code with the logic that no one uses. I would > only accept the patch if there were some real scenario where you need to > use escaped characters in device names or table parameters.
Please read my reply in this thread (which you quoted above). The real scenario was already answered. Either: 1) remove dm-init entirely or 2) fix it so that it works with naming that requires escaped characters or 3) say: "sorry, dm-init doesn't support escaped characters."
